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Meaning of Seconds | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈsɛk.əndz

Definitions

  1. A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
  2. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount
  3. Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

Equivalents

العربية الثواني
Deutsch Nachschlag
Ελληνικά δεύτερος
Français seconds seconds
Magyar repeta
日本語 かわり

Examples

“There are sixty seconds in a minute.”
“There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.”
“Everybody helped themselves to seconds and Meren even went for thirds. He had always been partial to good food.”
“It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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